Vincent Huck

• Norwegian life insurers' investments drove massive jump in H1 profits

  03 September 2021

  While non-lifers' profits were driven by underwriting, according to Norway's Finanstilsynet

• Canopius appoints new CFO

  02 September 2021

  Gavin Phillips joins from PwC

• Phoenix acquires £300m equity release portfolio from Just Group

  02 September 2021

  More equity release activity expected, Phoenix says

• MetLife IM provides £122.5m financing to UK social housing

  01 September 2021

  Affiliate of US insurer had $131.9bn in private AuM at mid-year

• Nippon Life provides its first green loans

  31 August 2021

  For a combined JPY 2.5bn to finance green real estate

• ShareAction calls for punitive brown capital charges in SII

  26 August 2021

  As one of seven recommendations by the NGO for the Solvency II 2020 review

• MetLife IM originates $6.4bn in private debt in H1 2021

  25 August 2021

  Of which $5.2bn for its parent

• Chinese authorities issue opinion on corporate bond market

  24 August 2021

  As investors fear defaults and rating mismatches

• Comment: What about the 'how' of net zero?

  18 August 2021

  As insurers pledge allegiance to the net-zero kingdom, for all their willingness and honesty, the 'how' of reaching carbon neutrality remains a mystery, Vincent Huck writes.

  

• Journey to Net-Zero goes beyond decarbonising portfolios, Scor's Lacroix says

  16 August 2021

  It is relatively easy to decarbonise a portfolio, but to do so with impact on the real economy is a different matter altogether, according to Michele Lacroix, head of group investment risk and sustainability at Scor. Interview by Vincent Huck